Do you know what is now trendy in automotive industry? E mobility. What does it mean?
Electric vehicles. I don't know if it is still a matter of oil price or it is just a lifestyle.
What are the benefits of e-mobility? First of all -CO2 emission. Probably you heard already about problems with smog in some big city centers. In some countries you are not allowed to go to central points of cities with diesel cars. The level of pollution is so high, that i.e. in Cracow wooden ovens in restaurants are prohibited. So the problem exists and it’ s one way how to solve it.
The second aspect of e mobility is the reduction of commuting cost. Besides high purchase price of e vehicles (for the time being) usage cost is quite low. To charge electric car for 100 km costs about 1,5EUR, which can be compared to 10 EUR per 100km for a fuel car.
The second advantage is very low maintenance cost. There is no gear or traditional engine. So no oil, filters and other expensive repairs. But if you face battery replacement it is not so cheap anymore. And not so ecofriendly as well. Currently there are lithium Ion batteries, which are dangerous unless stored properly.
It also may be problematic for EV users. There is a risk of auto ignition when temperature goes high. Recycling those batteries is not regulated yet, and when EVs become more popular it certainly will be a problem.
The third thing is the production of electric energy. Until energy is not produced in nuclear power plants, it must be created in a conventional way - that means a coal power plant. So although it reduces CO2 emission locally, in city centers, overall CO2 emission will not be reduced so much.
The last negative aspect is EVs range. The highest range on the market has Tesla about 400 km using full charged batteries. But a typical range is about 150 km. Charging in super-fast chargers takes about 30 minutes. So if you want to go for a long journey, you need to plan your charging in advance.
As it is not so popular yet, you need to check where you are able to charge your EV and count charging time to the total time of your trip. In most of countries it is even not possible to plan such a trip as there are no charging places. Nowadays EV is a good alternative to traditional cars to commute, but for sure future will bring us more range capacity and charging infrastructure. And future is right behind the corner. All leading car companies already have or at least are working on a model of EV for a standard portfolio.
What do you think about emobility?
What future awaits us?
Electric vehicles. I don't know if it is still a matter of oil price or it is just a lifestyle.
What are the benefits of e-mobility? First of all -CO2 emission. Probably you heard already about problems with smog in some big city centers. In some countries you are not allowed to go to central points of cities with diesel cars. The level of pollution is so high, that i.e. in Cracow wooden ovens in restaurants are prohibited. So the problem exists and it’ s one way how to solve it.
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The second aspect of e mobility is the reduction of commuting cost. Besides high purchase price of e vehicles (for the time being) usage cost is quite low. To charge electric car for 100 km costs about 1,5EUR, which can be compared to 10 EUR per 100km for a fuel car.
The second advantage is very low maintenance cost. There is no gear or traditional engine. So no oil, filters and other expensive repairs. But if you face battery replacement it is not so cheap anymore. And not so ecofriendly as well. Currently there are lithium Ion batteries, which are dangerous unless stored properly.
It also may be problematic for EV users. There is a risk of auto ignition when temperature goes high. Recycling those batteries is not regulated yet, and when EVs become more popular it certainly will be a problem.
(source: http://www.theweek.co.uk)
The third thing is the production of electric energy. Until energy is not produced in nuclear power plants, it must be created in a conventional way - that means a coal power plant. So although it reduces CO2 emission locally, in city centers, overall CO2 emission will not be reduced so much.
The last negative aspect is EVs range. The highest range on the market has Tesla about 400 km using full charged batteries. But a typical range is about 150 km. Charging in super-fast chargers takes about 30 minutes. So if you want to go for a long journey, you need to plan your charging in advance.
As it is not so popular yet, you need to check where you are able to charge your EV and count charging time to the total time of your trip. In most of countries it is even not possible to plan such a trip as there are no charging places. Nowadays EV is a good alternative to traditional cars to commute, but for sure future will bring us more range capacity and charging infrastructure. And future is right behind the corner. All leading car companies already have or at least are working on a model of EV for a standard portfolio.
What do you think about emobility?
What future awaits us?
Comments
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Physical damage dealt to cover causes it to burn like christmas tree. I think that e-vehicles will easily overthrowne fuel-driven cars, when suitable way of storing electrical energy is invented.
The other thing is that this cars are pretty expensive and there is not a lot of them so you have to buy new one, which for me is very expensive and variety of choices is small.
It is good solution for countries where the development of "electrical" market is much faster like Germany of Scandinavian countries.
https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/the-week-electric-vehicles-went-mainstream
I like the idea of electric cars, but as everyone has previously stated they still need improvement. You will have no problem using them in many major cities of the world, but that's about it.
PS Hasn't there also been a recharging station near Palace of Science and Culture? I'm pretty sure it has, don't know whether it's still there.
For me it sounds very promising, but it doesn't convince me for now. But I really hope in a future it will develop and we will have an ecologic commute system :)
Either way, I'm really excited to see what people will come up with in the future (if we don't die, as Stephen Hawking is predicting ;)).
The first is the fact that the problematic disposal of batteries. In my opinion it would be another " eco-friendly " product, which would bring more harm than benefit. These batteries will be another eko-trash not suitable for recycling. Remains buried in the ground next to the pollution generated in Atomic plants.
The second fact is a small battery life and long charging process. I cannot imagine such a car in the morning on the streets of Warsaw. Most of its residents to get to work has to drive a distance of about 30-40km at the current infrastructure takes an average of about 1 - 1.5 hour. I think, that the amount of work will drain the battery of the car immediately after getting to work, and we still have to get back.
I’m skipping the issues of high prices of these vehicles, and the fact that every user should have in their own home charging station. It is also problematic to charge them in urban cities. I imagine dozens of people wanting to do it at the same time and creating a gigantic traffic jam.
I haven’t realized that it might be so dangerous- autoignition?
Thanks for your articles. I found out many about this phenomenon. I’m just more conscious observer.
I think it is good thing and good way but I still think that it needs more and more time for development.
I think that it will for the distant future generations.
If I'm not mistaken Norway had a program where they refunded a big part of the car's price so that more people would buy them and furthermore they have widespread charging stations.
of oil will drastically change the global market, this is the biggest fear that oil lobbyists are going to fight till the end to not make this vision come true.
For now I think every city should have a well organized public transport and bicycle paths. While EVs sound great and all, there are a lot of different methods of traveling around without completely ruining the environment
We should focus on our environment and focus on inventions that don’t pollute nature to such a great extent. In this way we avoid ecological disaster.
I think it is a kind of new and different stuff than traditional gas cars - vehicle fans love the good old roar engines make and VE lack of it, but maybe it would create new and different fascinations? Also i think it is very versatile - just go to the western cities like Amsterdam for instance. Most of taxis are VE and charge points are in every corner. I think it is just a matter of time when VE's will rule the mobile industry and I don't think people would have problems to get used to that kind of a change.